Amitabh Bachchan defends letter to his granddaughters

India have recently been celebrating Teacher’s Day, and on this day, Amitabh Bachchan decided to write an open letter to his granddaughters, as BizAsia reported. ��The gesture received a mixed response but Bachchan has defended his reasoning behind it.

Many in the world of media believe that this is a stunt pulled by Bachchan close to publicise for his upcoming venture ‘Pink’, but according to Bollywood Hungama, Bachchan said, “What has been expressed in that letter has been within me for time.�� I have had such thoughts and beliefs always and have followed them in my environ and in my family.�� Working on Pink put me in direct touch with those emotions”.

Bachchan continued, “In many ways the essence of the letter is what purports to be the essence of the concept of Pink. I have not spoken a single dialogue in Pink that does not have my belief in it. If I were not to be working in the film I would still have had no hesitation in publicly saying what I have said in the film. So, yes it was an emotional experience and moved by such, I felt like putting those words out.”

‘Pink’ is slated for release on 16th September and also stars Taapsee Pannu.